Happy Jack

It used to be Dawn Green ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40492466

Well impressed with that bag - just ordered one.

There's no right & wrong, plenty of ways to do this. I picked up a bass for the first time on my 49th birthday. This worked brilliantly for me: http://stuartclayton.com/books/crash-course-bass/

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1504084863' post='3362506'] ... I think it's something and nothing. [/quote] Well make up your mind - which?

Not sure I'll be in the mood to watch it. It all depends whether or not England manage to scrape past the footballing majesty of Malta ...

From my current advert for a rock'n'roll guitarist: [i][color=#3C3241][font=Castledown, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]"We're both experienced gigging musicians and we're aiming to gig at least once a month. [/size][/font][/color][/i] [i][color=#3C3241][font=Castledown, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]We have excellent equipment, including PA and lightshow,[/size][/font][/color] [color=#3C3241][font=Castledown, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]WE are based in NW London (Kilburn and Harrow), we have our own rehearsal space in Harrow, and we'll be looking for gigs out towards the M25 to the NW of here. [/size][/font][/color] [color=#3C3241][font=Castledown, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]YOU have your own good equipment and reliable transport, you are free to rehearse once a week, and you have no problem with joining us in searching for venues and punting for gigs."[/size][/font][/color][/i] ************************************************************************************ [u]Text conversation[/u]: [color=#800000]HIM: I love rockabilly, I live in Watford and would like to try out.[/color] [color=#0000ff]ME: Have you got any YouTube or similar you can send us?[/color] [color=#800000]HIM: I'm still learning to be honest but I will pick it up pretty quickly. I have just saved up and got a decent guitar and amp.[/color] [color=#0000ff]ME: Fair enough, but we need someone at the same experience level as ourselves.[/color] [color=#800000]HIM: OK, no problem. What level are you? Can I see your band on YouTube?[/color] [color=#0000ff]ME: ??? Did you not look at the advert?[/color] [color=#800000]HIM: Sorry, I did, but I'm out at the minute.[/color] [b][color=#ff0000]GAME OVER[/color][/b] [b][color=#ff0000]INSERT NEW COIN[/color][/b]

Bugger! I forgot to type "bass" ... that £114 was for a Mustang guitar. Sorry!

Not seen these before. Not convinced either ... for £114 you can get a Squier Mustang, which is probably a better bet!

So basses in the loft really do exist? Outstanding!

He still makes and sells these, in Detroit. The deluxe 3-string version costs $119 and comes as, essentially, a flat pack.

There's a band who sacked me where the main website contains nothing but photos and videos taken by Silvie (Bluejay) containing me playing the bass. Doesn't worry me at all, I just think it's a bit sad. There's no money involved to get excited about, which takes any possible heat out of the situation.

01. Hamster - 02. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Squier P Bass, Ander Vanderend JB5, Eden Traveller WT400 amp & Genz 2x12 cab 03. Steve Browning - some Precisions, Boogie M-Pulse 600 and Boogie Subway 15 cabs, Mesa Walkabout 15. 04. obbm - 2 x Spector Short scales. 05. Pawel G - Squier JV Precision and maybe others 06. Stingray5 - MusicMan and Tune basses; Trace Elliot and/or Eden amplification; Boss GT-6B. 07. Markstuk - Dingwall Z3, Lakland BG 5, BF Big Twin, Thunderfunk TF750a. 08. Cetera - Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Hamer Impact, Wal fretless, one or two more to be decided, big Pedalboard (!), GK800RB, GenzBenz Neox 212T 09. Johnthebassist - '69 Jazz Bass, GenzBenz Shuttle 9, Barefaced S12T, gang of smelly pedals 10.Timmo 11. Barneyg42 12.Walman - FPPR Status S1 - well it wouldn't be a SEBB without Barney's old bass now mine, however this year for the first time it won't have a for sale sticker on it 13.Rumblefish- Reverend Rumblefish,Wal Bass,Mesa M600,Berg CN212. 14. Happy Jack } .........................} with a love that'll see you through (and Paul the Drums, of course) 15. Bluejay........} 16. bassace - double bass, Felix Preamp, Puma 500 amp and Genzler 10-2 cab. 17. ChunkyMunky - Zon Sonus Custom 5, Yamaha BB425x, Genz Benz Shuttle 12.0 etc.. 18. MacDaddy [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]- a couple of custom Shuker's, and a Snapdragon folding bass[/font][/color] 19. louisthebass 20. TrevorR - 2 Wals, an Aria SB700, a Markbass LMII and 2x10 plus some pedals... 21. jhk - yamaha TRB6P, MM stingray 5 fretless, GB Spitfire Fiver, Eden cabs plus Eden wt600 and EBS 22. Seer73 - 2 or 3 lefty basses + amp of some sort - TBD as having GAS issues at the minute 23 - Thestick - Wal , Ken smith , Jeff finch, Aguilar amp 24 - Chris_b 25 - Pete.Young - Yamaha BBNE2, Duesenberg Star, pimped Bass Collection SB465, LMII, EBS Neo 2x12 26 -Grangur - BF One10 and Warwicks Streamer SS1 4-string, Streamer LX 4 Fretless, Jazzman FNA 5 , Corvette 4, Corvette Bubinga 5 27. Captain Rumble - Vanderklay MNT212, Thunderfunk, Xotic jazz 28. Graham - Lakland DJ5, G&L SB2, EBS HD350, EBS Neo 2x12 29. Mangotango - Fernandes Gravity 5x, Dean Pace,TC Electronics BG250-112 30. Andyjr1515 - Kert's Camphor Single Cut, Pete's Piccolo Bass, Pete's EB-3 ish custom builds 31. Wolverinebass 32. Merton - some ACGs, possibly a Status J and maybe a One10 if it's of any interest (I've not seen one on the list!) 33. smaz [?]M 34. Kebabkid - Sire Marcus Miller V7, Zoom B3 (possibly a pedalboard with Xotic, Keeley, Way Huge etc) 35. Discreet

What strings do you prefer? What style of music do you (mainly) play? Are you a pedal-tastic player, or strictly bass --> amp?

Those Muse blokes are quite handy. Did they ever amount to anything?

I recently joined a well-established 3-piece covers band who play 60/70 gigs a year for decent money, certainly a money-oriented venture. After a couple of rehearsals, I found myself chatting with the drummer and asked him how long he'd been playing with the guitarist/singer. 40 years. I immediately told him that, if I'd known that earlier, I'd never have applied to the band. My first two gigs with them were on a Friday and Saturday, both old-school social clubs. The two of them were like an old married couple, with everything running at the very bottom of a well worn groove. Nothing at all could be changed, the equipment all had to go exactly as it always was, every note I played had to be exactly as instructed. They sacked me on the Sunday morning. Bullet dodged. Scouting out a new band? Start by finding out whether you're going to be the permanent new boy / spare prick at a wedding.

Based on my one brief experience of Nashville, I'd say that's true BUT you need to give some context. The Strip in Nashville has easily the highest concentration of music venues that I've ever seen. In three blocks, and on one side of the street, we were well into double figures by the time I stopped counting! Most of the artistes were solo or duet acts, but there were plenty of full bands too. And the general level of competence was simply awesome.

And is he any good at dealing with rust on a Mercedes Vito. I'm happy to supply the body filler.

Nah ... he made a hash of it. #

Get some sleep Bazz, you look tired.

Have you seen my colon:

Better than suppositories, I reckon. I might as well have shoved them up my arse for all the good they did me. Oh no ... wait ...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1503626526' post='3359808'] Interesting, I reference Milwaukee a lot which is a large city, but I actually live in the suburbs. We never do business in Milwaukee, the clubs and bars don't value live bands and don't pay much. Outside of Milwaukee is where it's at in terms of the better gigs and better pay. Blue [/quote] Strangely enough, something quite similar applies in London too. The combination of crap parking, high booze prices, aggressively anti-noise neighbours, and no space for beer gardens (i.e. smoker's paradise) in Central London means that surprisingly few good music pubs exist within five miles of Charing Cross, and frankly not that many if you push the radius out a few more miles. In my experience you need to be at least out in the suburbs and preferably in the small towns and villages just outside London to get a traditional music pub with a good, lively, interested crowd. It helps that London is so big that each significant suburb is itself a decent-sized city. There are 32 London boroughs and each of the suburban ones (e.g. Harrow, Brent, Hillingdon, etc.) has a population in the region of 250,000.